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The American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

The American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 collection includes 2,024 reel-to-reel tapes and 2,024 WAV files preserved as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives’ 2013-2016 “American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982” (“American Women”) preservation project. The recordings were selected as an “artificial collection” to document the Women’s movement and second-wave feminism as it was broadcast on the Pacifica network. The collection also includes recordings that, though they we...



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The fifth in a series of six episodes on important women in American history presented by historian Gerda Lerner. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, founders of the National Woman Suffrage Association. With this lecture, Lerner attempts to expose the suffragists as human beings rather than symbols, and to put into context the work that they did and the sacrifices they made for solving women's problems.
Topics: Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902, Suffrage --...
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"Lena: a sound portrait of a multifaceted lady." Lena Horne (b. June 30, 1917; d. May 9, 2010) is interviewed at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel by KPFA's Gene De Alessi in conjunction with the release of her autobiography. She was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio, and went on to achieve international fame as a singer. In this recording she discusses her life and career, civil rights, Billie Holiday, Joe Lewis, Humphrey Bogart,...
Topics: Horne, Lena, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American Women, Women...
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Part one is "Three Women" - a verse play for radio by Sylvia Plath (self contained). Judith Binder as the wife, Ann Bernstein as the secretary, and Rachelle Towers as the girl. Part 2 is some reflections on childbirth from the Judy Knupe, Alice Abarbanel and Stephanie Mines. This program was produced by the Unlearning to Not Speak Collective.
Topics: Radio plays., Plath, Sylvia, Three women : a verse play for radio / by Sylvia Plath., American...
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Judy Grahn on menstruation, mixed with music by Elisabeth Waldo. Writer Judy Grahn reads her article "From Sacred Blood to the Curse and Beyond" published in the anthology "," edited by Charlene Spretnak (Harper and Row, 1982). Produced by Karla Tonella. Needs intro. Contains sensitive language.
Topics: Grahn, Judy, 1940-, Menstruation (in religion, folklore, etc.)., American Women Making History and...
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Blanche Wiesen Cook speaks with poet and novelist Audre Lorde (1934-1992) and Zala Chandler from the Coalition of Concerned Black Women on the recent US-led invasion of Grenada. Lorde reads an excerpt from Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography (Crossing Press, 1983, repress).
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, GRENADA, Grenada -- Invasion, 1983, Lorde,...
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An interview with New York Times reporter Gloria Emerson, who relates her experiences in Vietnam from February 1970 to February 1972. She explains her reasons for wanting to be in Vietnam, notes that most of the American troops were working-class boys and men, and states that the anti-draft movement should have tried to influence them. The interviewer is Nick Egleson. Produced by Alex Munsell for WBAI. Contains sensitive language. A truncated version of BC0957.
Topics: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture:...
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Reading of Virginia Woolf's short story "Street Haunting: A London Adventure." Read by Vivian Schaeffer. No intro or outro. Tape ends "from all the treasures of the city, a lead pencil."
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941., Radio programs -- Fiction., Literary readings (Radio programs),...
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The writer Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) describes her experiences growing up as a Black lesbian in New York City in the 1950s, touching on subjects such as frequenting gay and lesbian bars in the Greenwich Village and communal-style living experiments. She reads excerpts from her book, Zami: A new spelling of my name: a biomythography (Persephone Press, 1982). Recorded at Hunter College in New York. Produced by Helene Rosenbluth.
Topics: Rosenbluth, Helene, African American women authors, Women, Black -- Personal narratives., Lesbians...
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Richard Lamparski elicits stories from African American jazz and classical pianist and singer Hazel Scott (1920-1981), about Orson Wells, Josephine Baker, Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, and Harry Cohn.
Topics: Scott, Hazel, Lamparski, Richard., Biography, Entertainers., African American women jazz singers,...
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Aircheck from the live performance and broadcast of Survival Sunday, a "no nukes" rally held at the Hollywood Bowl on June 10, 1979. The event was also referred to as Survival Sunday II, as it was held a year after the first Survival Sunday antinuclear rally in Los Angeles. Reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 were preserved as part of the American Women project. Reels 1 and 6 were digitized in house at Pacifica.Reel 1: Opening- host Anita Frankel gives rundown of schedule for the rally; interviews...
Topics: Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- Los Angeles -- 1979., Survival Sunday, 1979, Antinuclear...
Source: http://pacificaradioarchives.org/american-women-making-history-and-culture-1963-1982
In this 5 part program, Karen Lindsey reads Professor Ivan Morris' translation of "The Pillow Book," (1967) a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi (定子) during the 990s and early 11th century in Heian Japan. In Part 1, Ms. Linsey interviews Professor Donald Keene, the leading expert on and translator of Japanese literature in America. They discuss how at this period of time, women created many of the most...
Topics: Sei Shonagan, ca. 967., Radio programs -- Fiction., Pillow book / by Sei Shonagan, read by Karen...
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Author and novelist Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) reads her prose poem "House of Incest."
Topics: Poetry., Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982
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Consciousness raising. This is the first episode in a series to air on KPFA from June 21, 1972 until October 19, 1972. An examination of how self awareness affects our bodies, our attitudes, and our life. Consciousness raising broadcasts began by playing taped sessions, then listeners could call in and share their experiences and feelings. Previously numbered BC1087.01 and BC1087.02 (Part A processed with Batch 5, Part B with Batch 1B).
Topics: Body image., Consciousness raising., Women -- Psychology., Consciousness raising / produced by Jan...
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Aircheck of a live performance of MacBird!, by playwright Barbara Garson (1941 - ), directed by KPFK' Phil Austin (1941 - ), which opened that month (January 1967?) at the Village Gate in New York City. MacBird! is a 1967 satire by Barbara Garson that superimposed the transferral of power following the Kennedy assassination onto the plot of Shakespeare's Macbeth (from Wikipedia). Actors include Ken Greenwald, Richard Paul, Philip Proctor, Carol Samuels, Dianne Turley[sp?]. Music by Leon Levitt,...
Topics: Garson, Barbara., Austin, Phil., Radio plays., American drama--Women authors, American Women Making...
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Judy Sherman interviews the all-woman rock group Birtha. They discuss their origins as a band and their experiences in both writing and performing music. The members of Birtha are Sherry Hagler (keyboards), Shele Pinizzotto (guitar), Rosemary Butler (bass, vocals) and Olivia "Liver" Favela (drums, vocals). Songs by Birtha heard in the recording are Work on a dream, Too much woman (for a hen pecked man), Judgement day, Fine talking man, Feeling lonely, and Free spirit.
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Topics: Women musicians., Birtha (Musical group), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982
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Discussion of society, incest, and institutionalized marriage outside the family with Anthropology Professor Mariam Slater of Queens College.
Topics: Incest., Slater, Mariam, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982
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Aircheck from the live performance and broadcast of Survival Sunday, a "no nukes" rally held at the Hollywood Bowl on June 10, 1979. The event was also referred to as Survival Sunday II, as it was held a year after the first Survival Sunday antinuclear rally in Los Angeles. Reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 were preserved as part of the American Women project. Reels 1 and 6 were digitized in house at Pacifica.Reel 1: Opening- host Anita Frankel gives rundown of schedule for the rally; interviews...
Topics: Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- Los Angeles -- 1979., Survival Sunday, 1979, Antinuclear...
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Docu-drama about Annie Besant's and Margaret Sanger's fight to make methods of birth control available to the public. Prior to the middle of this century, methods of birth control were virtually unknown and information concerning contraception was considered obscene and kept from the large majority of the public. In this program we examine the efforts to bring this information to light and we discuss the lives and works of the women who made this possible. Parts of this program were...
Topics: Birth control -- United States., Contraceptives., Women's rights, SANGER, MARGARET, 1879-1966.,...
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WORLD POPULATION AND HUMAN DESTINY / Sir Julian Huxley. Sir Julian Huxley, speaking before the Planned Parenthood Federation in New York on the occasion of the presentation to him of the Albert Lasker Award. Huxley delivers a speech on the problems and solutions to world overpopulation. RECORDED: June 1959. BROADCAST: KPFA, 18 Feb. 1960. Previously cataloged as being recorded in 1958 and broadcast in 1959.
Topics: Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975., Overpopulation., Planned Parenthood Federation of America, American...
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A program reviewing the journalism of contemporary earth religions such as Feraferia, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of the Eternal Source and of course Wicca. Journals include The New Broom, Nemeton, The Witches Trine, Korythalia, Earth Religion News, and The Green Egg. This program attempts to show that the roots of our current ecological crisis can be found largely in the Judeo-Christian tradition of male-dominated, monotheism. The articles quoted from in this episode are: "The...
Topics: Witchcraft., New religious movements., Adler, Margot., Pagan press review / produced by Margot...
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Film critic Pauline Kael (1919-2001) discusses the history of film making and gives brief reviews of films past and present. The second part of this recording contains question and answer, most questions are inaudible. Part one was broadcast June 13, and Part two was broadcast August 19, 1968.
Topics: Kael, Pauline., Films -- History., Film since World War Two / Pauline Kael.**The, CINEMA, CRITICS...
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Film critic Pauline Kael (1919-2001) discusses the history of film making and gives brief reviews of films past and present. The second part of this recording contains question and answer, most questions are inaudible. Part one was broadcast June 13, and Part two was broadcast August 19, 1968.
Topics: Kael, Pauline., Films -- History., Film since World War Two / Pauline Kael.**The, CINEMA, CRITICS...
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A speech by the activist Angela Davis (1944 - ) recorded at the University of Houston on April 2, 1973. The speech was part of the University of Houston World Issues Conference, "Age of Revolution: Agenda for the World," sponsored by the UH Student Association and the UH Program Council. Davis criticizes the American government's capitalist interests, applauds international revolutionary efforts such as armed struggle against colonialism, and calls for socialist revolution as the path...
Topics: Communists -- United States., Blacks -- Social conditions., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne),...
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This program presents music by activist women working in the anti-nuclear/safe energy movement. Very little of it is available on records. Featured are Ede Morris, Kate Wolf, Holly Near, and Women With Wings (a Northern California based women's chorus). Also included is an interview with Lynn Grasberg, musician and member of Women for a Nuclear Free Future and Tisha Darthwaite from East Bay Feminists Against Nukes, discussing areas of specific concern to women within the larger context of the...
Topics: Near, Holly., Morris, Ede., Wolf, Kate., Grasberg, Lynn., Darthwaite, Tisha., Political ballads and...
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Author Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) talks with David Watmough, discussing her writings and opinions. Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, and her first short stories were written when she was 20. Her publications include The Hotel (1927); Friends And Relations (1931); To The North (1932); The House In Paris (1935); The Heat Of The Day (1949); A World Of Love (1955).
Topics: Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973, Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982
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Richard Lamparski talks with Jan Clayton (1917-1983), the star of the original Broadway production of Carousel about her role on the TV Lassie series and about her life as a Hollywood contract player.
Topics: Lamparski, Richard., Entertainers., Clayton, Jan, American Women Making History and Culture:...
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The Stanford Primate Research Center houses primates in a natural-like habitat and provides research in primate development and behavior, significantly female dominated social groups, in squirrel monkeys, rhesus monkeys, and chimpanzees. This is a documentary on the Center and includes interviews with director Dr. Seymour Levine and Dr. Christopher Coe. Produced by Laurie Garrett and Adi Gevins. Technical assistance by Scott McAllister. Previously cataloged as AZ0043.
Topics: Coe, Christopher L., Levine, Seymour, 1925-, Primates -- Behavior., Stanford Outdoor Primate...
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A panel at the conference called by the Black Panther Party the weekend of July 18-20 in Oakland. Panel speakers are Roberta Alexander, Marlene Dixon, Evelyn Harris, Carol Henry, Penny Nakatsu, and Carol Thomas. Panel is introduced by Marie Johnson. Originally aired during KPFA's Open Hour, 1969-08-11.
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Fascism., African American Women, Black...
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From the folio: Is it really true that sex roles beginn at a very early age? To find out, Sebern Fisher assembled a group of people aged 5 to 9 to talk the subject over. Adult moderators Ken Washton and Deborah Deutschman posed some questions about boys and girls, and the young people took over from here.
Topics: Child development., Sex role, Gender roles, Fisher, Sebern., American Women Making History and...
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Albert Ellis gives a lecture at Le Metro Cafe on 2nd Avenue in the Lower East Side, NY on January 19, 1965, sponsored by The League for Sexual Freedom. Dr. Ellis outlines a number of different forms of "civilized adultery" or the trading sexual partners. There is a Q&A at the end. First broadcast on WBAI February 16, 1965. Note on label: FCC inquiry 8300 dated May 28, 1965 included this tape "your comments are requested in view of the fact that adultery is a crime in New York...
Topics: Sexual ethics, Marriage., Ellis, Albert, 1913-, Sex and marriage, American Women Making History and...
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Kathie Sarachild is interviewed on KPFA's "Unlearning to not speak" program by Susan Elisabeth. Sarachild is a member of the Redstockings radical feminist group which has just published a "warning" that Gloria Steinem and MS Magazine (Steinem is editor) may be fronts for the CIA and powers that be to block progress on feminist issues such as the exploitation of women. Focus is on Steinem's political history since the 1960s and her association with the Independent Research...
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Unlearning to Not Speak collective.,...
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Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006) delivers a speech on the civil rights movement at a peace march in Central Park, New York on April 27th, 1968. The march took place three weeks after the assassination of King's husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. King reads from the handwritten notes of her husband's incomplete speech for this occasion, his "10 Commandments on Vietnam," his dedication to the poor people of America and the world, and asks for women's support and participation in the Poor...
Topics: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, African Americans--Civil rights--History, American Women...
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Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee discusses the Delano grape strike, racial discrimination, and farm work with WBAI's Maria Huffman. She describes the exploitative conditions of California farm workers, the lack of recourse available to non-unionized underpaid agricultural laborers, and how the UFW was able to secure union contracts with local grape farms and vineyards.
Topics: Huffman, Maria., Labor leaders., Strikes -- Delano (Calif.)., American Women Making History and...
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Richard Lamparski visits Adele Jergens (1917-2002), the blonde glamour girl of the 40's, and her husband Glenn Langan (1949-1991), the handsome leading man of the same period in their California home. Includes stories of the early Marilyn Monroe, what happened when Daryl Zanuck scrapped 6 months of footage and fired the star of Forever Amber.
Topics: Langan, Glenn., Jergens, Adele., Entertainers., Film industry -- Hollywood(Calif.)., MONROE,...
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A collage of labor news, history, music, poetry and comment. Produced by Jim Berland of KPFK's Public Affairs Department. Interviews by Mike Davis, Sam Kushner, Heather Dashner and Jim Berland. History and commentary written and read by Neil Goldberg. Section on Woody Guthrie written and read by Judy and Vic Wolfenstein. 'This Land Is Your Land' and 'Song of Deportees' sung by Joe Wilkinson. Songs by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Jack Elliott, Odetta. Mining songs by Aunt Molly...
Topics: Working classes -- United States., Labor and laboring classes -- United States., Let us now praise...
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Aircheck from the live performance and broadcast of Survival Sunday, a "no nukes" rally held at the Hollywood Bowl on June 10, 1979. The event was also referred to as Survival Sunday II, as it was held a year after the first Survival Sunday antinuclear rally in Los Angeles. Reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 were preserved as part of the American Women project. Reels 1 and 6 were digitized in house at Pacifica.Reel 1: Opening- host Anita Frankel gives rundown of schedule for the rally; interviews...
Topics: Protests, demonstrations, vigils, etc. -- Los Angeles -- 1979., Survival Sunday, 1979, Antinuclear...
Source: http://pacificaradioarchives.org/american-women-making-history-and-culture-1963-1982
This is a recording of members of the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective reading excerpts from the book "Sister of the Road," by Bertha Thompson, published in 1937 and out of print at the time the program was created. Bertha told her story to Dr. Ben L. Reitman, who wrote the introduction. The book describes socialist camps, boarding houses, prostitution, and social change. Program was produced by the following members of the Unlearning To Not Speak Collective: Ellen Dubrowin, Robin...
Topics: Unlearning to Not Speak collective., Box-Car Bertha, Women authors, Tramps., Feminism and...
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A documentary on the nationwide women's rights demonstrations known as the Women's Strike for Equality that took place across the country on August 26, 1970. This recording includes reports from the rallies that occurred in New York City, San Francisco and Berkeley. Joan Churton and Eleanor Sully describe the San Francisco rally, and play actuality from the rally including: Eileen Hernandez of the National Organization for Women (NOW), Judy Syfers (Brady) reading her essay "Why I want a...
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, National Organization for Women, Women's...
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Novelist and diarist Anais Nin (1903-1977) is interviewed by WBAI's Milton Hoffman about her newly published The Diary of Anais Nin: Volume Four. The two discuss her life, work, and the Women's movement.
Topics: Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977, Women authors, Authors -- Personal narratives., American Women Making...
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Sonia Sanchez (1934 - ), poet and co-founder of the Black Studies department at San Francisco State College, reads some of her poems and discusses her work with David Henderson, poet and editor of the 1967-68 anthology series Umbra. She reads Homecoming, Summary, The final solution/the leaders speak, To a jealous cat, Sonia's blues, and other poems. Contains sensitive language.
Topics: Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-, Literature., African American women poets, Henderson, David, 1942-, American...
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A celebration of the 10th annual Lesbian Pride Week, featuring poets & artists who will be appearing during this year's events. Alix Dobkin's song "Women Loving" opens the program. Jewelle Gomez reads her poem "Flamingos and Bears". Eleanor Cooper of Lesbian Feminist Liberation talks about Lesbian Pride Week through the years and about the importance of lesbian pride. Ellen Marie Bissert reads her poem "Ode to My True Nature". Karen Brown, writer and director...
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lesbian poets, Lesbian authors
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Susan Rennie and Kirsten Grimstad, co-editors of Chrysalis: a magazine of women's culture, published by the Los Angeles Woman's Building, are interviewed by Barbara Cady. Rennie and Grimstad discuss their conception of women's culture, talk about some of the pieces they have published in the magazine, and compare themselves to other feminist magazines of the time. Program is self-contained.
Topics: Rennie, Susan., Cady, Barbara., Grimstad, Kirsten., Women's publishers and publishing., American...
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Author Susan Sontag (1933 - 2004) is interviewed by WBAI's Nanette Rainone in October 1973. They discuss the resignation of Spiro Agnew, the Watergate scandal and the Irving Committee, the false rhetoric of the "drug war", the ties between patriarchy and fascism, and the ideology behind sexual liberation. Produced by Nanette Rainone and Paul McIsaac.
Topics: Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Watergate Affair,...
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Interview with Connie Crothers (1941 - ), jazz pianist who was a student of Lennie Tristano. Host does not introduce himself on recording, likely is Bill Farrar.
Topics: Crothers, Connie, Women jazz musicians, Women musicians., Tristano, Lennie, American Women Making...
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This episode of the Lesbian Radio Spectacular with a Cast of Millions, hosted by Judy Pasternak, is on lesbian sexuality. The guests are Sharon, Shelley, and Melinda. Program opens with "I'd like to make love to you" by Margaret Sloan from the compilation by the Lesbian Feminist Liberation "A Few Loving Women." There are announcements about lesbian events for the first ten minutes. Then poetry by Sharon and Shelly and a song by Cassie Culver about oral sex are played. This...
Topics: Lesbians, Women -- Sexuality., Lesbian couples, Sex, Hite, Shere, American Women Making History and...
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Lily Greenham (1924-2001) has made her reputation all over Europe as one of the most effective performers of sound poetry in live performance (as opposed to tape-recorded) situation. With a solid background in music (the Vienna Academy), a knowledge of eight languages, and a hard-headed women's rights lifestyle, she is a frequent attraction at international exhibitions. Tonight you'll hear her discuss her career with Carol and Charles Amirkhanian and deliver a number of her works as well as...
Topics: Greenham, Lily., Women poets, Concrete poetry., American Women Making History and Culture:...
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An interview with Robin Tyler by Denise Wagner. She talks about her background, how she got started as a stand-up comic, and some of their political views. With generous sprinklings of excerpts from Robin's new album on Olivia Records, "Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Groom." Recorded June 16, 1979. Notes on label: "References to Dan White, gas lines, rent control, Diane Feinstein. Very entertaining."
Topics: Tyler, Robin., Comedians., Women entertainers., Always a bridesmaid, never a groom, American Women...
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Adrienne Rich reads and comments on her poems at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco, CA on April 25, 1974. The reading was sponsored by the Poetry Center of San Francisco. She is introduced by Kathy (her last name is not given). She begins with poems from her book "Diving into the Wreck" (published 1973). At 3:50 "Incipience"; 6:00 "The Stranger" (comments on its misuse by Ramparts Magazine); 12:00 "Dialogue"; 13:00 "August"; 14:00...
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012, Lesbian poets
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Alice Walker, Black woman poet and novelist, reads from her new book of poetry "Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning" at Cody's Bookstore in Berkeley on September 26th, 1979. Walker reads some poems that are not featured in the book. Poems read include I said to poetry, On sight, Overnights, If "those people" like you, I'm really very fond, Gray, When Golda Meir was in Africa, Representing the universe, My daughter is coming!, Did this happen to your mother?...
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Walker, Alice, 1944-, Soldofsky, Alan.,...
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In this 5 part program, Karen Lindsey reads Professor Ivan Morris' translation of "The Pillow Book," (1967) a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi (定子) during the 990s and early 11th century in Heian Japan. In Part 1, Ms. Linsey interviews Professor Donald Keene, the leading expert on and translator of Japanese literature in America. They discuss how at this period of time, women created many of the most...
Topics: Sei Shonagan, ca. 967., Radio programs -- Fiction., Pillow book / by Sei Shonagan, read by Karen...
Source: http://pacificaradioarchives.org/american-women-making-history-and-culture-1963-1982
Acclaimed writers Anais Nin (1903-1977) author of "The Diary of Anais Nin," Joan Didion, author of "Play It As It Lays," and Dory Previn, author of "Midnight Baby" are interviewed by Sally Davis, and give insightful interviews that shed light on their personalities. The three women are interviewed individually and discuss general themes of women's angst, loneliness and frustration as they relate to their work. Nin and Didion are interviewed on Reel 1 of this...
Topics: Feminism, Women's movement, Women authors, Literature -- Women authors., Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977,...
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Clare Spark (nee Loeb) interviews author Anais Nin (pronounced "Anna-EES" "NEEN"). Program begins with two songs about "emancipated women" from Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado," songs which Loeb chose specifically for Ms. Nin. BB4200 is a edited, lower quality version of this recording. Series name written on box is "The Scene - Artists and Art," but "The Sour Apple Tree" is announced in the program.
Topics: Spark, Clare., Authors -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture:...
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Betty Roszak interviews Dr. Beulah Parker, psychiatrist and author of A Mingled Yarn: Chronicle of a Troubled Family (Yale University Press, 1972). The book presents a case study of the environmental and interpersonal factors that lead to the development of schizophrenia in a well-to-do American family.
Topics: Parker, Beulah., Family -- United States., Women authors, Mingled Yarn : chronicle of a troubled...
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A tape of the National Gay Task Force (NGTF)'s December 1975 panel on the relationship between the lesbian feminist movement and the gay movement. The panel was held at NYU Medical Center's Schwartz Auditorium and was chaired by Jean O'Leary, legislative director of the NGTF . The panelists are Betty Powell, instructor of foreign language theory and sociology of education at Brooklyn College and member of the Board of Directors of the NGTF; Martin Duberman, playwright and historian; Ronnie B....
Topics: Curtis, Charlotte, 1928-1987, Gold, Ronald., Powell, Betty., Smith, Ronnie., O'Leary, Jean.,...
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Interview with actress and teacher, Uta Hagen. Uta Hagen created the role of Martha in Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," the role of Georgie in Odets' "The Country Girl," and her "Uta's Ten Minute Chocolate Mousse." This extraordinary actress, teacher, cook, gardener, lover of life and nature talks about acting, cooking, teaching, her concerns about the theater and tells some hilarious tales from her life. In this series "The Passionate Theatre,"...
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004, Theater -- United...
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Edwina Lee Tyler, pioneer of African drumming by women, gives a concert on November 10, 1979 at Columbia University, McMillan Hall. Includes performance of "Aki Wawa"[sp?]. Notes on box: Concert produced by Sight & Sound Women[sp?] and recorded by Ceil Muller[sp?].
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Tyler, Edwina Lee, African American women...
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The Darker Face of God features the music of French composer Marie-Juliette Olga "Lili" Boulanger (1893–1918) and the mystical prose of poet Marie Noel (1893-1967). Also heard on the program is a short work by Olivier Messiaen. The words of Marie Noel are read by Marian Seldes. Produced by Bruce Kenyon.
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio art, Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918,...
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This episode of the Lesbian Radio Spectacular with a Cast of Millions, hosted by Judy Pasternak, is on lesbian sexuality. The guests are Sharon, Shelley, and Melinda. Program opens with "I'd like to make love to you" by Margaret Sloan from the compilation by the Lesbian Feminist Liberation "A Few Loving Women." There are announcements about lesbian events for the first ten minutes. Then poetry by Sharon and Shelly and a song by Cassie Culver about oral sex are played. This...
Topics: Lesbians, Women -- Sexuality., Lesbian couples, Sex, Hite, Shere, American Women Making History and...
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This is the third episode "Sexuality, violence, and aggression" in a four part series of lectures by Dr. Carl Faber entitled "Woman as slave." This episode is in two parts. Part one is Faber's lecture on sexuality, violence, and aggression, given in January 1977. Dr. Carl Faber, a heterosexual monogamist, lectures on how, with awareness, women may get sexually spaced out, allowing sex with no closeness some feel is "mature." They may be turned off completely and...
Topics: Faber, Carl., Sex (Psychology), Women -- Psychology., Women -- United States -- Social conditions.,...
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Beverly Polokoff of KPFK interviews Midge MacKenzie (1938-2004), documentary film maker, feminist, and author of "Shoulder to shoulder," a documentary publication on the history of the militant suffragettes of Great Britain. She talks about what inspired her to write the book, the disappearance of these women in written history, and the fate of the radical feminist movement before women earned the right to vote in Britain.
Topics: Mackenzie, Midge., Women's movement, Women filmmakers., Feminism, Women authors, Women -- Suffrage...
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Venus Taylor and Willie Mae Mathis, both mothers of children murdered in Atlanta (Angel Lenair and Jeffrey Mathis, respectively), address an audience in Los Angeles. They stress that Blacks get together, watch out for one another, and love each other. Produced by Sly Rivers, KPFK, 1981.
Topics: Taylor, Venus., Mathis, Willie Mae., Children, Black -- Atlanta (Ga.)., Mothers., Murder -- Atlanta...
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Angela Davis interviews Mrs. Elizabeth Chavis and Dr. Helen Othow, the mother and sister of the Reverend Ben Chavis, about Ben and the Wilmington 10. First broadcast on 11/28/77, 5:00 p.m. Produced by KPFA.
Topics: Chavis, Elizabeth., Othow, Helen Chavis, 1932-, Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Trials...
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The mood of the Cold War era is explored in interviews with Jessica Mitford, Helga Lohr-Bailey, and Billy Allan, three political activists of the forties and fifties. Produced as part of the KPFA thirtieth anniversary retrospective programming group. Interviews conducted by Helen Mickiewicz, Laurie Garrett, and Paul Allen. Produced by Helen Mickiewicz.
Topics: Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996, Allan, Billy., Lohr Bailey, Helga, World politics -- 1945-, United...
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Herbert Feinstein talks with Carol Doda, former topless queen of North Beach, who is starring as Miss Sadie Thompson in a play based on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "Rain." Doda discusses her past (including silicone injections) and her future plans for non-topless nightclub work.
Topics: Feinstein, Herbert., Dancers., Stripteasers, Actresses., American Women Making History and Culture:...
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A free-form tapestry woven from music, poetry, myths, literature, and drama by and about women. Pieces in Part 1 include: "An ancient gesture" by Edna St. Vincent Milay; "Bell pieces" from Grapefruit by Yoko Ono; "Pain for a daughter" by Anne Sexton; "Man woman sketch" by Naomi Pollack; "Stillbirth" from the Diary of Anais Nin, adapted by Naomi Pollack; "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath. Songs were "That ain't even my name" by Maxine...
Topics: Pollack, Naomi., Women in literature., Penelopes web / produced by Judy Chaiken and Naomi Pollack.,...
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Part one of a documentary on Virginia Woolf, her work, and her life, based on the letters, diaries, and published works of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, in an original production for KPFK by Maureen McIlroy. Madness, love and death are among the themes traced through Virginia Woolf’s life into her novels. The KPFK Folio description offers this quote from Woolf, “I wrote…having reeled across the pages with some moments of such intensity and intoxication that I seemed only to stumble after my...
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941., Women writers, Biography, American Women Making History and Culture:...
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William H. Masters (1915 - 2001) and Virginia E. Johnson (1925 - 2013), the St. Louis-based sexologists better known as Masters & Johnson, discuss sex and religion, sex facts and fallacies, the aging factor in sex, approaches to sex, and misinformation about sex, at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in December 3, 1973. A lively question and answer period follows their talk. Recorded by KUNM-FM, Albuquerque.
Topics: Masters, William H., Sex -- Research, Masters and Johnson., American Women Making History and...
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The International March and Rally for a Freeze and Reduction of Nuclear Arms and a Transfer of Funds from the Military to Human Needs. On June 12, 1982, the largest antinuclear demonstration was held in New York City's Central Park, while a simultaneous demonstration was held in San Francisco at its Civic Center. Over one million people attended the New York demonstration, making it the largest American political demonstration in history. Pacifica Radio presented nine hours of live satellite...
Topics: Leland, Mickey., Kaku, Michio., Springsteen, Bruce., Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014, Gregory, Dick.,...
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Lucia Vernarelli, painter and editer of the feminist artist publication "Women and Art," speaks about three women artists. They are Marie Laurencin (1883 - 1956), Leonor Fini (1907 - 1996), and Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 - 1907). She uses the personal papers of the artists to aid in understanding them. From the series "Women's diaries and letters." Produced by Ann Snitow.
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Vernarelli, Lucia, Laurencin, Marie,...
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One-woman performance of monologues performed and produced by Kres Mersky. The works performed are "Lady on a Street of Smart Shops" by Jordan Crittenden; "Did I Ever Tell You" by Charles Bukowski; "The Birthmark" by Anna Kavan; "Arrangement in Black & White" by Dorothy Parker; "Mrs. Gilbertson Manages on Her Own" by Jordan Crittenden; "Birthday Party" by Katharine Brush; and "A Conversation Against Death" by Eve Merriam.
Topics: Mersky, Kres, Bukowski, Charles., Crittenden, Jordan., Kavan, Anna, 1901-1968, Merriam, Eve,...
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The woman who is self-proclaimed as the Peace Pilgrim (née Mildred Norman) has been walking for peace since 1953. In this interview she discusses her psychology and philosophy and tells how she will continue to walk until there is peace in the world. Mixed with music by Malvina Reynolds, Holly Near and Chad Mitchell Trio. Produced by Pearl Skotnes, with interviewed Peace Pilgrim with assistance from Ann Rush.
Topics: Skotnes, Pearl., Pacifists., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Peace Pilgrim,...
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Novelist and critic Elizabeth Hardwick presents "New York, Capitol of the 20th Century" at the UCLA English Department's annual Ewing Lecture, April 21 and 22, 1981. The talk was presented in two parts on KPFK. In part one, "Pastoral memories," Hardwick discusses the images of "Old New York" in 19th century American writing. This part was scheduled to be broadcast September 30, 1981 but the transmitter dumped it. It was later broadcast on January 6, 1982. In part...
Topics: Hardwick, Elizabeth., Women authors, New York, capitol of the 20th century : pastoral memories /...
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Tape labeled "Women's" and contains a list of clips related to the women's movement, reproductive rights, etc., beginning with 12-20-79 Activist Kim Klein (Coalition for Medical Rights of women) on IUD's and ending with 1-22-83 10th Anniversary Roe vs. Wade, Roxanne Merryfield. Clips are from various Pacifica stations and are a mixture of actuality, news reports, phone interviews and in-studio commentary.
Topics: American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio news programs
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Iceland's president, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, discusses her life as a theater director and professor of French, her exciting election of 1980, and her view of her role as representative of her country. Also a look at Iceland's thousand years of history, culture, and literature, from the medieval sagas to the novels of Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness; a brief account of Iceland's unique geography; a few remarks on the political structure of this small country just below the Arctic Circle in the...
Topics: Iceland, Vigdis, Finnbogadottir., Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, 1930-, American Women Making History...
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Part 7 of KPFA's presentation of the University of California's Medical Center Conference "The Challenge to Women: the Biological Avalanche" held in San Francisco this year. This is Part 5 of "The Enduring and Ephemeral in Women's Life." In this recording Gail J. Putney, Assistant Professor of Sociology at San Jose State College presents "Children: In Dreams Come Unexpected Responsibilities," an examination of the role of dreams for child development. Notes on...
Topics: Putney, Gail J., The challenge to women : the biological avalanche, The enduring and ephemeral in...
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